NVIDIA Visual Computing Appliance (VCA) Now Shipping

VANCOUVER, British Columbia--NVIDIA today
announced that its Visual Computing Appliance, known as the NVIDIA
VCA, is now shipping. NVIDIA VCA dramatically accelerates ray
tracing, enabling users to interact with computer models of such
high visual fidelity that it can eliminate the need for 3D physical
prototypes. Engineered and built by NVIDIA, the appliance was first
introduced in March 2014 at the GPU Technology Conference as
"Iray VCA." The NVIDIA Visual Computing Appliance has been
renamed to reflect its expanded industry support for GPU rendering
across multiple applications. In addition to native support of
NVIDIA Iray, Chaos Group is supporting V-Ray RT on VCA for Autodesk
3ds Max, with Autodesk Maya, McNeel Rhino, and Trimble SketchUp for
later in the year. Dassault Systemes 3DXCITE Bunkspeed support is
also scheduled for later this year.

NVIDIA VCA is a scalable, network-attached GPU rendering appliance
with eight high-end NVIDIA GPUs. It is designed to do just one
thing: provide designers and artists with the fastest and easiest
way to create photorealistic images of their creations. It's so
fast that designers can interact with their models or scenes in
real-time rather than waiting minutes or even hours for rendered
images to come back. This means that designers can study the play
of light and reflection from their designs and catch flaws like
glare on the interior windshield of a digital car model or see how
the lobby of a proposed office building will look at different
times of day.

"The NVIDIA VCA was a stunning visual experience for all of
us," said Guillaume Shan, Renault Design Digital
Visualization. "It brings the first cluster rendering
capability to Iray for Maya, delivering a fully interactive
photorealistic session. Simulating reality is already in the Iray
'genes,' but the VCA unleashed the power of Iray -- bringing life
to our designs."

NVIDIA VCA delivers unmatched interactive performance in a
scalable, network-attached turnkey appliance. It provides
high-performance GPU rendering on-demand, requiring minimal
technical support while still being easily accessible to anyone on
the network who needs a performance boost.

"We were able to render our new project, the short film
CONSTRUCT, in 4K, stereoscopic at 60 FPS in a very short
time," said filmmaker Kevin Margo. "A frame that took
over 9 hours on a multi-core CPU took just 14 minutes on a single
VCA."

"As an early adopter of NVIDIA Iray, Bunkspeed has always
relied on delivering uncompromising performance and quality in its
tools for the 3D visualization community. In tune with pushing the
boundaries of real-time rendering, we were once again proud to be
among the first to expose connectivity with NVIDIA VCA in several
successful early trials. We take great pride in announcing general
availability of Bunkspeed products due in late 2014 that will fully
leverage NVIDIA VCA. Get ready to embrace the absolute easiest,
fastest and highest quality visualization experience," said
David Randle, General Manager, Dassault Systemes
3DXCITE/Bunkspeed.

The NVIDIA VCA is available through NVIDIA’s global VAR
network of certified system integrators, including CADnetwork,
Fluidyna, IGI and migenius. Pricing is $50,000 in North America,
and includes an Iray license and the first year of maintenance and
updates. Please visit www.nvidia.com/vca for more
information.

About NVIDIASince 1993, NVIDIA
(NASDAQ: NVDA) has pioneered the art and science of visual
computing. The company’s technologies are transforming a
world of displays into a world of interactive discovery -- for
everyone from gamers to scientists, and consumers to enterprise
customers. More information at http://nvidianews.nvidia.com and http://blogs.nvidia.com.

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